Oklahoma health care community clowning around
The flood gates are open! The Oklahoma health care community is clowning around, and Ronald McDonald has an offer no one could refuse.
In all...
Rep. Tess Teague campaign flier irks Aeronautics Commission director
The director of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission sent an email admonishing Rep. Tess Teague (R-Choctaw) for altering his words and distributing them on a...
Pushing marijuana rule, Board of Pharmacy director offered attorney a job
The same weekend Julie Ezell told colleagues she had received "threatening emails" about medical marijuana rules, the former Oklahoma State Department of Health general...
Instead of bashing universal pre-k, build on its successes
In June, NewsOK.com published a commentary by Greg Forster, a Friedman Fellow with EdChoice, that criticized Oklahoma’s universal pre-kindergarten (pre-k) program. It was excerpted...
Spending target poses challenges, puts pressure on schools
(Editor’s note: This story was authored by Jennifer Palmer of Oklahoma Watch and appears here in accordance with the non-profit journalism organization’s republishing terms.)
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Mike Hunter: Board of Health ‘overstepped its authority’
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has advised the state Board of Health to convene a special meeting and amend the controversial medical marijuana rules...
Comics shop aims to super-charge interest in reading
The story of a local comics shop owner’s educational campaign reads like a Spider-Man-inspired allegory. Its protagonist’s motives are self-serving at first, and only...
Pot rules: Breaking down the Board of Health’s marijuana action
At its July 10 meeting, the Oklahoma Board of Health failed in an attempt to approve its own minutes from a previous meeting. The...
‘She was a true leader’: Rep. Claudia Griffith has died
Rep. Claudia Griffith (D-Norman) has died. She was 67 years old.
First elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2014, Griffith represented east Norman,...
Candidates withdraw: Two runoffs end, one Rep. elected
Since the June 26 primary, four candidates have withdrawn from their respective Oklahoma legislative races, giving two candidates a spot on the general election...
